All’s fair in love and war. The problem is, I want no part of either. I want peace with the Bratva. Safety for my wife. And love? That’s never played a part in any of this. But the harder I fight against it, the more she pulls me in. And now I know that she’s carrying a secret. One that could change both of our futures forever. I made Sofia a promise. They’re all about to discover just how ruthless of a man I can be. Ruthless Promise is the final entry in the Dark Promises trilogy, part of the Mafia Princes series, and is not a standalone.
All's fair in love and war.The problem is, I want no part of either.I want peace with the Bratva. Safety for my wife. And love?That's never played a part in any of this.But the harder I fight against it, the more she pulls me in. And now I know that she's carrying a secret.One that could change both of our futures forever.I made Sofia a promise.They're all about to discover just how ruthless of a man I can be.
The stunning sequel to instant New York Times bestseller, Wicked Saints Nadya doesn’t trust her magic anymore. Serefin is fighting off a voice in his head that doesn’t belong to him. Malachiasz is at war with who--and what--he’s become. As their group is continually torn apart, the girl, the prince, and the monster find their fates irrevocably intertwined. Their paths are being orchestrated by someone...or something. The voices that Serefin hears in the darkness, the ones that Nadya believes are her gods, the ones that Malachiasz is desperate to meet—those voices want a stake in the world, and they refuse to stay quiet any longer. In their dramatic follow-up to Wicked Saints, the first book in their Something Dark and Holy trilogy, Emily A. Duncan paints a Gothic, icy world where shadows whisper, and no one is who they seem, with a shocking ending that will leave you breathless. This edition uses deckle edges; the uneven paper edge is intentional.
Growing up poor on the rough side of Indiana didn’t make my life easy. It made it hard. My mom worked two jobs and didn’t have time to read me many fairy tales. We couldn’t afford the princess costumes or the trips to expensive magic kingdoms. My life was black and white, and a hint of grey was the most I had to look forward to…until I met Zachary Rostov—tall, beautiful, with a perfect smile. Unfortunately, as with most stories, ours had to come to an end. When I turned nineteen, after escaping the soul-sucking pit of Indiana, one bad decision almost destroyed everything. The way my story had been written up to that point meant my dreams of more should have come to an end. But it was the same day I met Vincent Jamison, and if my life were a fairy tale, he would have been the prince who had come to save me. I don’t remember in any of those stories being saved coming with a debt.
The start of an epic fantasy romance with a fairy tale twist! Princess. Tribute. Sacrifice. Is she the one prophesied to unite two warring Fae courts? Or the one bound to destroy them? In a realm ruled by magic, the ruthless Queen of Thorns is determined to destroy her nemesis, the cursed Prince of Evernight. With war brewing between the bitter enemies, the prince forces Queen Adaia to uphold an ancient treaty: she will send one of her daughters to his court as a political hostage for three months. The queen insists it’s the perfect opportunity for Princess Iskvien to end the war before it begins. But one look into Thiago’s smoldering eyes and Vi knows she’s no assassin. The more secrets she uncovers about the prince and his court, the more she begins to question her mother’s motives. Who is the true enemy? The dark prince who threatens her heart? Or the ruthless queen who will stop at nothing to destroy him? And when the curse threatens to shatter both courts, is her heart strong enough to break it? Join USA Today bestselling author, Bec McMaster, on a seductive journey through a mythic land, with a wicked prince who holds a thousand secrets, a princess determined to uncover the truth, and an evil queen who threatens to tear them apart. Download this epic fantasy romance filled with magic and a breathtaking fairy tale twist today! The Dark Court Rising series: - Fantasy Romance - Paranormal Romance - Fae Romance - Kings and Queens - Fairytale Romance - Action Adventure
Nine years after murdering a man and being sentenced to prison, Nicholas Warring, earl of Ravenworth is a free man. He is also a notorious rogue, a man they call the Wicked Earl. Even worse, he is Elizabeth 's guardian. Aware of the Earl's reputation, the last thing she wants to do is ask him for help, but she's desperate. Her neighbor, the Earl of Bascomb, is determined to force her into marriage. Nicholas agrees to help out of hatred for Lord Bascomb, his enemy. Neither he nor Elizabeth can foresee the passion that will spring up between them, or, to Elizabeth's chagrin, the love.
What kind of happily-ever-after do you get when you're forced to marry a monster? A monstrous Bratva leader who bounds your wrists and promises to break you. Mikhail Dmitriyev is a beautiful devil with a villainous heart and a thirst for revenge. The choices he gave me when he stole me away from my home with an army of men were very clear—marry me or die. I chose to marry him and live. But there's one small problem with his grand plan to reign Armageddon on the Mexican Cartel. I'm not the woman he thinks I am. I'm not the cartel princess he thinks he took to make his enemies bow to him. When my captor finds out my secret and realizes he married the wrong woman, love won't be enough to save me. And neither will his obsession. Deceptive Vows is a dark mafia arranged marriage romance. It is a complete standalone.
Trudy Hulst has no idea if her husband survived his attempted escape past the Berlin Wall, but she bears the consequences of his actions. Now branded the wife of a defector, she faces a life in prison. With no real choice, she is forced to follow, praying she can find a way to claim their child once she's in West Berlin.
He's a ruthless guardian devoted to a life without personal entanglements. She’s a feisty Scottish heiress suffering vicious threats to her life. Forced together, the fiery attraction between them could be their undoing, or their true salvation. One small abduction and her world falls apart. Nemity Wheldon was abducted, yes, but she got away. Unharmed. It certainly doesn’t warrant hiring a guard looking to stifle her every move. Alas, her overbearing cousin demands it, delivering Callum to her door. He’s a guard. A big, burly, stubborn one. An unnervingly handsome man, yes, but the last thing she needs is him digging into her life. There are only two routes to take in this situation—annoy him or avoid him—whichever will make him quit the job. A guardian to his bones. Callum Lonstrick has never quit a mission, and he isn’t about to start with one headstrong spinster. He’s been a guardian for far too long—more than half of his life. And he isn’t about to let a feisty Scottish heiress best him. He’s there to protect her, and that’s exactly what he’s going to do. Never mind that he’s instantly attracted to the maddening hoyden that is determined to vex him at every turn—one never touches a client. Forced together, a game of cat and mouse is afoot. Nemity doesn’t want him to discover any of her secrets, while Callum is determined to unravel each and every one, for it is the only way to properly protect her. Yet with each secret he discovers, the danger only grows. Save her? That’s a given—he’s a guardian, after all. Save his heart? That may just be an insurmountable feat. Don’t miss USA Today bestselling author K.J. Jackson’s next Guardians of the Bones story, a forced-proximity Regency historical romance with high adventure, high seduction, and a happily-ever-after to swoon for.
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR and THE WASHINGTON POST "Compelling, insightful and important, Beneath a Ruthless Sun exposes the corruption of racial bigotry and animus that shadows a community, a state and a nation. A fascinating examination of an injustice story all too familiar and still largely ignored, an engaging and essential read." --Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller Devil in the Grove, the gripping true story of a small town with a big secret. In December 1957, the wife of a Florida citrus baron is raped in her home while her husband is away. She claims a "husky Negro" did it, and the sheriff, the infamous racist Willis McCall, does not hesitate to round up a herd of suspects. But within days, McCall turns his sights on Jesse Daniels, a gentle, mentally impaired white nineteen-year-old. Soon Jesse is railroaded up to the state hospital for the insane, and locked away without trial. But crusading journalist Mabel Norris Reese cannot stop fretting over the case and its baffling outcome. Who was protecting whom, or what? She pursues the story for years, chasing down leads, hitting dead ends, winning unlikely allies. Bit by bit, the unspeakable truths behind a conspiracy that shocked a community into silence begin to surface. Beneath a Ruthless Sun tells a powerful, page-turning story rooted in the fears that rippled through the South as integration began to take hold, sparking a surge of virulent racism that savaged the vulnerable, debased the powerful, and roils our own times still.
